Compliance
At IronShard, compliance isn't just a checkbox. We build data infrastructure to deploy AI safely, transparently, and in full regulatory alignment. From model training to inference, every step is governed, auditable, and compliant.
Regulations and Standards
IronShard is engineered to satisfy the toughest standards across industries and geographies:
- EU AI Act, GDPR and AI Regulations: Absolute privacy, full audit trails, data lineage, AI model explainability, and transparency are integrated into your workflows.
- HIPAA, GLBA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS: For healthcare, finance, government, or any domain handling sensitive data.
- Data Sovereignty and Geo-Pinning: Pin, shard, or replicate data according to jurisdictional requirements. Stay local when you need to.
GDPR Everywhere
IronShard delivers GDPR-level protection regardless of where your data lives. Every file stored through IronShard is fragmented, encrypted, and distributed across multiple storage providers and regions. No single provider ever has access to a complete file. Each underlying storage service only sees encrypted fragments that are meaningless on their own.
This fragmentation model ensures that:
- No provider can reconstruct your data
- Underlying storage configurations do not affect compliance
- No personal data is ever exposed to any single cloud or region
- Data can be safely stored across multi-cloud, hybrid, or international setups without violating data residency, access rules or compliance
The ironShard intelligence layer performs coordinated access, reconstruction, and policy enforcement, while providers only store encrypted fragments. This is what makes IronShard GDPR-ready everywhere, even in environments that would normally be off-limits for personal data.
IronShard's Certified Infrastructure
- Certified data centers compliant with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS
- Encryption everywhere: At rest, in transit, and during processing
- Built-in redundancy, erasure coding, and disaster recovery
- Geo-fencing and jurisdictional autonomy
| Without IronShard | With IronShard |
|---|---|
| Non-compliance fines, reputation damage, and legal risks | Built-in audit logs for every dataset, model, and inference |
| Black-box AI models that can't be certified | Full data lineage, version tracking, and enforced AI governance |
| Data exposure due to cloud provider dependencies or leakage | End-to-end encryption and multi-cloud distribution |
| Data-handling chaos across teams, environments, and AI agents | AI agent support with policy-driven access governance |
Deploy AI Systems With Built-In Compliance
Explore how IronShard aligns with your regulatory requirements, risk tolerance, and AI ambitions:
Trusted By the Most Regulated Industries
Banks & Finance · Healthcare & HealthTech · Government & Defense · Critical Infrastructure
FAQs
How does IronShard help with EU AI Act compliance?
IronShard's AI Storage Cloud provides full audit trails for every dataset, model, and inference, aligning directly with the EU AI Act's requirements for transparency, accountability, and explainability. Further, with geo-pinning and AI output to dataset mapping, compliance is part of the architecture, not an afterthought.
Is IronShard HIPAA-compliant for healthcare AI workflows?
Yes. IronShard meets HIPAA and national European standards by securing sensitive health data with end-to-end encryption, multi-region distribution, policy-driven access, and full auditability. Healthcare organizations can safely train and deploy AI models while ensuring patient privacy and regulatory compliance.
What makes IronShard different from general-purpose cloud storage?
General-purpose storage wasn't designed for AI. The IronShard AI Storage Cloud is purpose-built for AI workloads, with compliance, data lineage, and comprehensive audit logs integrated in its core. It transforms data into a governed, auditable foundation for trusted AI adoption.
Can IronShard support financial and government compliance standards?
Absolutely. IronShard is engineered to meet GDPR, GLBA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS requirements. With sovereignty controls, organizations using IronShard can pin data to specific jurisdictions, making it ideal for finance, government, and defense environments that require strict oversight.
How does IronShard ensure AI data privacy and sovereignty?
IronShard uses end-to-end encryption, sharding across controlled jurisdictions, and geo-pinning controls to guarantee that data stays within defined boundaries. This ensures compliance with local and international privacy laws while eliminating risks of unauthorized access.
Why is data lineage critical for AI compliance?
Without versioning and lineage, organizations can't prove which datasets trained which AI models, leading to compliance failures, bias risks, and irreproducible AI. IronShard automatically captures every dataset change and training event, giving you full control and visibility.